Geographicals

New South Wales

A state in southeastern Australia. Its capital is Sydney. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 and first settled at Botany Bay by marines and convicts in 1788. It was named by Captain Cook who thought its coastline resembled that of South Wales. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p840 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p377)

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A state in southeastern Australia. Its capital is Sydney. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 and first settled at Botany Bay by marines and convicts in 1788. It was named by Captain Cook who thought its coastline resembled that of South Wales. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p840 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p377)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a state of Australia

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88

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  • Australia (1966-1987)

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  1. Z01w.639w.100w.750w
  2. Z01w.678w.100w.373w.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. New South Wales. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009517. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009517
  2. New South Wales. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales
  3. New South Wales. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3224